Wind-shield for vehicles.



E. B. HESS.

WIND SHIELD FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. ms.

153 Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

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WIND SHIELD FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MALE-1916.

1,Q44,853. I I Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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E. B. HESS.

WIND SHIELD FOR VEHICLES. v APPLICATION FILED MAPLE-1916.

1,2%4,853. Patented; Oct. 30,1917.

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' EDWARD OEBROOKLY'N; NEW YORK.

WIND-SHIELD Eon vEHIoLnsi To allvwiwm it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD B. Hnss,a.

citizen of the United. States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and, State of N ew Yorlghaveinvented certainnew and:

useful Improvements in Windshields for Vehicles,,of which the followingis a specification. i

- [his invention relates to wind-shields especially adapted for use inautomobiles. Such wind-shields are commonly made 1n;

sections so mounted that they may be raised or lowered into or'out. ofthedirect line of vision, or set at an angle relatively; to: suitVarying conditions: 1

According to my invention, I provide a.

wind-shield which ismadein'three;parts or sections, the lower oneofwhichnnay be fixed to stand 1n avertlcal position-or may:

be, hinged to swing inward. The uppersection is pivotally: mounted nearits upper end to swing outwardto a position above the d rect lineofrvlslon, wh le a thlrd or auxillary lower section is made to standvert1 cally. parallel with the main lower; section} and, closeto-it,,orto swing; upward intlo the direct lineflof vision below the uppersection; It is also capable of swinging inward while raised if desired.Theorganization; is suchthat when- ,desired the. front, of, the; auto};mobile may be completely closed by the up per andglower shield sections,or the, upper. sectionxn ay be heldin a vertical plane in the directline of;visionwhiletthejlowensec tions; are swung inward, or the'fuppersection may be extendedtog-assumea position above the. directlinejoztffvision while the lowensections are either; in, open Or closedpositions. The organization isalso such that the anXi'liarylower sectionmay be raised togth'edirect line'of vision when the upper section isextended to serve as a; rain-guard,

while the main lower section is in open. or.

closed, position, and ifurthermore the nuxil; iary lower section is somounted thatwhen elevated; it may beheld; in a vertical, plane. onitimay. be moved inward to av position above thelower section. and in,rearof the vertical plane thereofs f y y In the accompanying drawingsillustrat- Figure l is a frontelevationshowing the I llPPGIrSGQt'lOIL oftheshield. extended and; the

twozlowersections in their lower closed po s-ition v -i f 1 Fig. 215a smi lar v ew show ng the aux L thereto:

Specification of LetterS'Pa-t'nt; Patented.0et. '30;;1917.Applicationfiledmarch9,191 6;; Seria1Nm83g074. r I V iary lower; sectionraised. to. apositioni in direct lineofvision. H :Flg; 3A shows averticaltsection of the,

shield a. portion-of the automobile body,-

heuppe and. lower section bei g 11- an:

ranged in .-vertical PltL'IlQSj and thejfront of- Q;

the au omobile complet ly clos d- 1 Fig. tshows a Vertical section; of,the

shieldwith; the UPPQ I- section closed orI-in.

aflvertical; plane, 'whgilethe two lower sec-- tionsiare swung'i-nwardfor ventilating,piur -Q- Pose Fig. 5.

tended forwardly seetionextended forwardly falltb the two lower sectionsclose position..

Fig. 7 isa similarview,showingtheauXilt g t erz d in l sed view;siinilaii to: Fig. 4: but showing the upper sectionoii-the shieldexa rxsect o ra sed en h the e n per-section while the main lower section isvdisposed inia' vertical plane and closinglthelower portion of; thewind-shield opening; Q g E Fig; 81 18 21,, view similar to Fig, butillusconnection between the main; lower section. and li a XflmnyslO-Wises l m jz Eig, 1Q lssa detailew. illustratmgthe shield, SglOGatQdinlrear thereo fl Postscrtratesihow thelowen section may beswung inward.j

g g F 1g,,9is a; detailyiew showing the pivotal standards B rise from,the automobile body" or, easing and betweengthese posts are mount; ed;theithree; wind-shield. sections C D and "Each of these shield sectionsisprefera bly iformed,jas usual, of, a, suitablei'marginalframesupporting atrans'parent plate. i

Thexuppe section C is; p'ivotally; connected struction, being commonlyusediu connec my invention. relat s,

. tionwith windeshields' oftheclassto. which Th hi l e iQ LQ'is s6? i mt l a itmay-hang in ia vertlcal plane, inthedirect I l n Qt vis o ltk ahw at this-time it may; beheld firmly in place; notv only byg thedevicesc but alsqhy the-lockingdevices?" ca ried by the posts; B and,eachv comprising a knob provided with a threaded shank 0 adapted toengage a threaded socket in the side of the adjacentpost.

The main lower section D; is :piyotally connected to. the posts 13 bythe devices d which: also serve to. lock or holdthe lower section ina'ny adjusted position.

The auxiliary lower section E prefer-' o ably of approximately the samesize as the main lower-section and it is adapted to lie close to it in avertical plane,-as shown in" Figs. 3 and 6, to swing therewith to aninclined position,as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, or;

to move independently thereof to a'r'aised position as shown in Figs. '7and 8. ;v-

Preferably thesection-E is connected to the" section D by means ofbracketsfe attached to the upper ends of the section D projectingforwardly therefrom and econ structed as shown to properly support' the'auxiliary lower section in such manner'tli'at itn1ay,;when lowered, lieclose'to the lower section} The pivotal connection betweenthe main lowersection and the auxiliary lower section fisindicated at d and is shownin Figs 9-and10 it being a frictional connec tionof wellknownconstruction.

The main lower shield section carries aspring-gand serving to hold'theauxiliary sectionlinrplace when the latter islowered.

This latch, however, yields to allow theaux-.

iliary section to swing, independently of the lower "section wheneversuch movement -1s required; The auxiliary section carrieson oppositesides near its lower end'forwardly projecting arms'H formed with holes handnotches' h: 'When the auxiliary secmade tion is raised s the positionshown in Fig 7 with-the main lowersection in closed position, theholesihof the arms Hwill be- 11$ line with,ithe'shanks c of' the lrnobsr a andare engaged thereby to hold the auxil iaryfsection in place; If,however,- the'main lower section be swung-inward, as indicated inFig;8,- then the-shanksofthe knobs-are to engage the notches h as indicatedIt. will be observed that the auxiliary lower sectionis pivotallyconnected with;

themam lowersection and may swing 'inward therewith and that may; beraised andrheldf iii-the "direct line. of yision' when the lowersection" is in eitl1er*-itS Japan or closed fposition; It "willfurthermore be observedfthat the' auxiliary section swings outward onits hinge connection with the lower sectioni This it can jdO withperfect freedom, whereas if o it swung 'inward it would; when appliedtofmany' types of'autoe niobil ejsfloe interfered} with; by the steeringp ost f I-The arrangement contemplates an auxiliary section, in anadvanced position ahd' inifront of the' upper-and, lower "wind shields.whenall three sections are in normal i its lower end a pivoted latch gpressed by position, the auxiliary section being located totherear ofand above the engine hood and infront ofthe wind shield proper, andwhen; soarra nged it may be freely elevated. limits field of visionposition without inter- ,ference with established parts of the stand.-ard automobile. By reference to Fig. '7it will' b-e-seen that thepivotal connection between the two lower sections is such that when theauxiliary 1 section is raised its lower edge is disposed below the upperedge of the' main lower section. joint is formed which effectivelyprevents the entrance of rain of theshield; I a p .i It willfurthermorebeobserved by reference to Fig. 7 that when desired the auxil-f iar-ysection-nay be swung inward as indicated bydotted lines andiso held thatitsfront face maybe wiped or cleaned if necese.

My improvedwind-shield is" of simple construction but/its parts may beso adjusted or set as to provide protection or ventilae tionwheneverrequired. I

lelaim asmy invention I 1. A windshield comprising: supporting means, anuppen shield section pivotally supportedatits upper end on thesupporting means to move it from a normal upright position toanoutwardly' inclined rain shed position, a lower shieldsectionpivotally supported at itsupper endonthesupport- In this waylabetween these sections -8() ing means to move-it from a normal upright cpositionto' an outwardly inclined-rain shed position, a lower shieldsection pivotally supported at its upper end on the supporting means tomove'it from a normal upright position to an inwardly inclinedventilating position, an auxiliary shield section normally parallel tothe lower section and monntedto swing with the latter without slidingdisplacement between the two sections, and an independent pivotconnecting the lower and auxiliary sections to move the auxiliarysection into" an inverted upright position or into a 'rearwardlyinclined inverted position above the lower sectionwheii the uppersection is in its rain shed position.

means,- an upper shield section pivotally' sup- A windshield comprising:supporting H l 1,244,853 7 r i v 8 ported at its upper end on thesupporting means to move it from a normal upright position to anoutwardly inclined rain shed position, a lower shield section pivotallysupported at its upper end on the supporting means to move it from anormal upright position to an inwardly inclined ventilating position, anauxiliary shield section normally parallel to the lower section andmounted to swing with the latter without sliding displacement betweenthe two sections, and an independent pivot connecting the lower andauxiliary sections to move the auxiliary section into an invertedupright position above and overlapping the lower section when the uppersection is in its rain shed position. r

pendent pivot connecting the lower and auxiliary sections to move theauxiliary section into an inverted upright posltlon or lnto a rearwardlyinclined inverted position in unison.

above thelower section when the upper section is in its rain shedposition, and an alternate locking means for locking the auxiliarysection in itsupright position when the lower section is in either itsupright position or in its rearwar'dly inclined ventilating pos1t1on.

5. A wind shield comprisingflsupporting means, an upper shield sectionpivotally "supported at its upper end on the supporting means to move itfrom a normal upright position to an outwardly'inclined rain shedposition, a lower shield section pivotally supported at its upper end onthe supportposition to an inwardly inclined ventilating posit on, anauxillary shield section normally parallel to thelower section andmounted to,

swing with the latter without sliding dis- 'ing means to move it from anormal upright placement between the two sections, an independent pivotconnecting the lower and auxiliary sections to move the auxiliarysection into an inverted upright position'above the lower section whenthe upper section is in its rain shed position, and a latchconnectingthe lower ends ofrthe lower and auxiliary sections to permit them toswing In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

'Witnessesz' I L. C. MYERS, GEORGEF. HANDLEY.

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